Cling tight to your sense of humour. You will need it every day.

It seems to me that the conquest of the air is the only major task for our generation.

As long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people, greedy, barbarous and cruel.

The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.

A thick headcloth forms a good protection against the sun, and if you wear a hat your best Arab friends will be ashamed of you in public.

The desert is an ocean in which no oar is dipped.

Isn't it true that the fault of birth rests somewhat on the child? I believe it's we who led our parents on to bear us, and it's our unborn children who make our flesh itch.